Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-19
THE HOT WAVE.
Eastern Communities still Suffering from
the Awful Heat,

PITTsBuRG, July lSth-A good breeze and .
slight decrease in temperature made life more
endurable to-day, although the death rate was
the largest known in years The mercury AT
P. NJ. was rising, with 80 in the shade 1t the
same hour yesterday it was 10Oo Seventeen
deaths iron the heat were reported up to noon,
aa neary AT a"fee as many were prostrated.
Nearly all the factories and mills temporarily
suspended during the heat of the day.
THE DEATH-RoLL IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, July 1sth.-One hundred and thirty
five deaths mostly caused by sunstroke, are al
ready reported on the Coroner's book, and new
thermometer to day ranged from $50 to 90o.
ana the weather was close and sultry.
NEARLY 1000 IN cINcINNAT1.
CINCINNATI (0), July 18th The heat con-
tinues almost unabsted. At noon the Signal
Service Observer reported that the thermometer
tratlons to-day already, and six deaths.
swELIEEING PHILADELPH1ASs.
PHILADELPHIA, July lsth.-The thermometer
at noon registered $50. Up to that hour six
deaths from sunstroke had occurred to-day,
Ihere were eighteen deaths yesterday and five
Saturday.
FATAL CASES IN WASHINGTON.
WAsHISGToN, July 1Sth.- The thermometer
to-day beat all previous records for the month
of July, since the establishment of the Signal
Service, by climbing up to l02 50. There has
been but one day in any month since the
Weather Bureau was established on which a
higher temperature than to-day was recorded
That was the 9TH of September 1881, when the
mercury reached lOio. There were fifteen cases
OF prostration, and five of these are known to
be fatal Showers of rain in the afternoon
cooled the atmosphere considerably A notice
able feature of the heat in the past few days has
been the hot, parchiug wind that swept like a
slroco through the city at midday.
LYNcHBURG's HOTTEST DAY.
LYNcHBuRG Wa.). July lSth-This is the hot
test day ever recorded in the city. The ther-
mometer at P. NJ registered 1869 in the shade.
Business Is practically suspended.
104o AT RALEIGH.
RALEIGH (N. C.l, July 1Sth.-The mercury
reached 1912 here to-day.
CHARLESTON swELTERING.
CHARLESTON Is. g., July 1Sth.-This was the
hottest day this summer. The thermometer
reached 1882 at o'clock this afternoon.
WINCHESTER SCORES 1889.
WINCHESTER (Va.), July 1Sth.-The intense
heat continues. The thermometer registered
1920 to-day and in some places as high as 1882
cINc1NNATI's LIST OF FATALITIES.
CINCINNATI, July 1sth.-The thermometer
reached 100 to day; seyenty-one prostratons
were reported, OF which 81 were fatal. Advices
from the country towns in Ohio. Indiana and
Kentucky report numerous prostrations.
AN AFFLICTED CITY.
NEW HAVEN Conn. July 1sth.-During the
forenoon the heat in this city was the most in
ttbst tnls sSdsOll. SuOilly before L o CLOCK
terrific lightning bolt descended in the center of
the city. Telephone instruments burglar alarms
and other electric instruments, were burned
out, and several citizens were prostrated by the
shock The House of Edward Luddington, at
OYSTER Point. was struck by the bolt and demol-
ished. Henry and Joseph Bross (brothers), who
were hshing near Oyster Point, were both
struck, and Henry was killed
WORSE THAN CHOLERA
PHILADELPHIA, July lSth.-Thirty-one deaths
from the heat were reported to-day, and seven
teen others were prostrated. Most of the latter
will recover.
HOT NIGHT IN ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, July l9th.-The intense heat con-
tinued to-day, the mercury reaching 1920 in the
shade. A cool breeze this evening lowered the
temperature slightly, but at midnight the
thermometer showed but little less than the
average Tor the past week. Forty-three pros
trations were reported, but only three deaths.